****Please Recheck clues 1-7...I had to adjust for a typo on my part****

Anagram the clue words to find the best match to it from one of the clues below. After all of the clues are solved the first letters of the anagrammed solutions when read from top to bottom will reveal the advice...

Curly .. I gave you credit for #8 vice 6 as I think you either had a typo, or if not a typo, then my typo @ 3 which pushed 3 thru 8 out of order certainly confused everyone Either that or I have mice running loose again